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New Kingdom
The lid of this canopic jar is decorated with a human face styled after the traditional form of the hieroglyph "hr," the word for face in ancient Egyptian.
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Title: Canopic Jar with an Image Representing the Hieroglyph for Face
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Date: ca. 1550–1450 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Dra Abu el-Naga
Medium: Pottery, paint
Dimensions:
Height of a and b: 32.6 cm (12 13/16 in.); diam. of jar 17.9 cm (7 1/16 in)
Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of Henry Walters, by exchange, 2008
Object Number: 2008.32a, b
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